Family tree Zuur-Van Vuure » Jacques Adrien Isaäc Bigot de Villandry (1709-1775)

Christening day May 16, 1709

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1709: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 2 » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
  • June 28 » Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
  • July 8 » Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
  • August 8 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • August 28 » Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
  • September 11 » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.

Day of marriage June 4, 1736

• The temperature on June 4, 1736 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1736: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
  • March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
  • April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
  • May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
  • October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.

Day of death February 27, 1775

• The temperature on February 27, 1775 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
  • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
  • July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
  • December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

Day of burial March 4, 1775

• The temperature on March 4, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
  • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
  • August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
  • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1706 » John Evelyn, English gardener and author (b. 1620)
• 1712 » Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1645)
• 1720 » Samuel Parris, English-American minister (b. 1653)
• 1735 » John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (b. 1667)
• 1784 » Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (b. 1710)
• 1795 » Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1750)